Matt Connell's death certificate

Matt Connell's is the final death certificate I have for now, since I haven't been able to locate Henry Beckmann's.

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CITY OF ST. LOUIS
Health Department
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Physicians are requested to conform with the International Classification of Diseases, as adopted by the U.S. Census Office, copy of which is hereto attached.

[left side]
Full Name: Matt Connell
Address: No. QUARANTINE & S.P. HOSPITAL [stamped or printed]

PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
SEX: Male
COLOR: White
DATE OF BIRTH: May 21 1878
AGE: 26 years 8 months 21 days
SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED OR DIVORCED: Single
BIRTHPLACE (STATE OR COUNTRY): Mo
NAME OF FATHER:
BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (STATE OR COUNTRY): Ky (?)
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER:
BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (STATE OR COUNTRY): Mo
OCCUPATION: Salesman

I certify that the intended place of burial for the body of the above named person is: Quarantine Cemetery.
[Signed] City Undertaker

[right side]
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(To be signed by physician last in attendance of deceased)
Date of Death: Feb 12th 1905
I HEREBY CERTIFY That I attended deceased from Feb 7th
1905 to Feb12 1905 that I last saw him alive on 5Feb 11th (?)
1905 and that the death occurred, on the date stated above at 2:30 P.m. The
CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows: Variola Hemorrhagic
DURATION: __ DAYS

SPECIAL INFORMATION only for hospitals, institutions, transients or recent residence (?)
Former or Usual Residence: 1916 Carr St
How long at Place of Death: 6 Days
Where was disease contracted, if not at place of death, where: St. Louis MO

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(My comments are in brackets, the printed portions are in Arial, and the handwritten portions are in Georgia and italicized. Information deemed not as important or illegible (such as name of doctor) were not included. If I was not sure of a word, a question mark within parentheses will succeed the word.)

Edward J Eilers's Death Certificate

Continuing with the death certificates today, this one belongs to Mr. Edward J. Eilers.

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CITY OF ST. LOUIS
Health Department
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Physicians are requested to conform with the International Classification of Diseases, as adopted by the U.S. Census Office, copy of which is hereto attached.

[left side]
Full Name: Edward J. Eilers
Address: No. QUARANTINE & S.P. HOSPITAL [stamped or printed]

PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
SEX: Male
COLOR: White
DATE OF BIRTH: April 3 1873
AGE: 32 years — months 15 days
SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED OR DIVORCED: Single
BIRTHPLACE (STATE OR COUNTRY): Ill
NAME OF FATHER:
BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (STATE OR COUNTRY): Ger. [Germany]
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER:
BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (STATE OR COUNTRY): Ger.
OCCUPATION: Saloon keeper

I certify that the intended place of burial for the body of the above named person is: Quarantine Cemetery.
[Signed] City Undertaker

[right side]
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(To be signed by physician last in attendance of deceased)
Date of Death: April 15th 1905
I HEREBY CERTIFY That I attended deceased from April 4th
190_ to _______ 190_ that I last saw him alive on _______
190_ and that the death occurred, on the date stated above at ______m. The
CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows: Variola Confluence (?)
DURATION: 17 DAYS

SPECIAL INFORMATION only for hospitals, institutions, transients or recent residence (?)
Former or Usual Residence: 200 S. Leffingwell (?) Ave
How long at Place of Death: 14 Days
Where was disease contracted, if not at place of death, where: St. Louis MO

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(My comments are in brackets, the printed portions are in Arial, and the handwritten portions are in Georgia and italicized. Information deemed not as important or illegible (such as name of doctor) were not included. If I was not sure of a word, a question mark within parentheses will succeed the word.)

It looks like the doctor was rushing a bit — quite a lot of information on the right side is not filled in. My assumption is with this being a Quarantine hospital, he had quite the stack of them on his desk.

Frank Morey's Death Certificate

Following our luck with finding Henry Thompson's death certificate, we went looking for some of the others, and lo! we found them! All except for Henry Beckmann, unfortunately, but we won't be giving up soon! These take some time to transcribe, so here's the first, Frank Morey's.

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CITY OF ST. LOUIS
Health Department
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Physicians are requested to conform with the International Classification of Diseases, as adopted by the U.S. Census Office, copy of which is hereto attached.

[left side]
Full Name: Frank Morey
Address: No. QUARANTINE & S.P. HOSPITAL [stamped or printed]

PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
SEX: Male
COLOR: White
DATE OF BIRTH: Aug 16 1867
AGE: 37 years 7 months 10 days
SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED OR DIVORCED: Married
BIRTHPLACE (STATE OR COUNTRY): Ill
NAME OF FATHER:
BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (STATE OR COUNTRY): Ill
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER:
BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (STATE OR COUNTRY): ??
OCCUPATION: Barber

I certify that the intended place of burial for the body of the above named person is: Quarantine Cemetery.
[Signed] City Undertaker

[right side]
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(To be signed by physician last in attendance of deceased)
Date of Death: Mch 26th 1905
I HEREBY CERTIFY That I attended deceased from Mch 16th
1905 to Mch 26 1905 that I last saw him alive on Mch 25
190_ and that the death occurred, on the date stated above at 1:45 A.m. The
CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows: Variola Confluence (?)
DURATION: 9 DAYS

SPECIAL INFORMATION only for hospitals, institutions, transients or recent residence (?)
Former or Usual Residence: 1531 Louisiana av
How long at Place of Death: 9 Days
Where was disease contracted, if not at place of death, where: St. Louis MO

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(My comments are in brackets, the printed portions are in Arial, and the handwritten portions are in Georgia and italicized. Information deemed not as important or illegible (such as name of doctor) were not included. If I was not sure of a word, a question mark within parentheses will succeed the word.)

Henry Thompson's Death Certificate

Back in December I posted burial permits or death notices (obituaries) for four out of the five of our friends. I thought we'd found all five, but it turned out that the Henry Thompson we'd found in the Obituary Index was not our man. I've tried off and on to find him since then, and didn't have much luck... until today!

If you remember, his headstone does not contain a lot of information, only his name and birth and death years — not even the exact birth and death dates — so there was not a whole lot to go on.

Doing a search on ancestry.com, I saw a record for a Henry Thompson with the correct birth and death years, so I thought I might be onto something. The record required registration to view, but luckily our local branch of the library is set up to access the library version of their site. A quick drive, a few clicks of the mouse and some printer wrangling later, and we finally had a record of our eldest friend!

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It's a bit easier to read in person, so I'll do my best to transcribe it here.*

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CITY OF ST. LOUIS
Health Department
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Physicians are requested to conform with the International Classification of Diseases, as adopted by the U.S. Census Office, copy of which is hereto attached.

[left side]
Full Name: Henry Thompson
Address: No. QUARANTINE & S.P. HOSPITAL [stamped or printed]

PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
SEX: Male
COLOR: White
DATE OF BIRTH: Oct 29 1848
AGE: 56 years 5 months 6 days
SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED OR DIVORCED: Married
BIRTHPLACE (STATE OR COUNTRY): [unavailable]
NAME OF FATHER: [unavailable]
BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER (STATE OR COUNTRY): [unavailable]
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER: [unavailable]
BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER (STATE OR COUNTRY): [unavailable]
OCCUPATION: R.R. Workman(?) [railroad workman, perhaps]

I certify that the intended place of burial for the body of the above named person is: Quarantine Cemetery.
[Signed] City Undertaker

[right side]
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(To be signed by physician last in attendance of deceased)
Date of Death: April 5th 1905
I HEREBY CERTIFY That I attended deceased from May 30
1905 to April 5 1905 that I last saw him alive on April 4
1905 and that the death occurred, on the date stated above at 5:00 A.m. The
CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows: Variola Confluence (?)
DURATION: 9 DAYS

SPECIAL INFORMATION only for hospitals, institutions, transients or recent residence (?)
Former or Usual Residence: 1617 S. Broadway
How long at Place of Death: 5 1/2 Days
Where was disease contracted, if not at place of death, where: St. Louis, MO

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*My comments are in brackets, the printed portions are in Arial, and the handwritten portions are in Georgia and italicized. Information deemed not as important or illegible (such as name of doctor) were not included. If I was not sure of a word, a question mark within parentheses will succeed the word.

Excursion #2 - post 3 of 3

Better shots of Henry Beckmann's headstone.

And the newest addition to the collection, a Mystery Person. This appears to be just the base of a headstone, but the part with the actual wording was nowhere to be found.